Turfing-machine.



C. V. NILSSON.

TURFiNG MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED OUT. 29, 1913.

1,093,645, Patented Apr. 21, 1914.

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TURFING-MACHINE.

accents.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 21, 1914.

Application filed October 29, 1913. Serial No. 797,931.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CARL V. NiLssoN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Turfing-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in turfing machines, an object of the invention being to provide a simple construction of hand operated machine which maybe rapidly manipulated in the formation of ornamental articles such as commonly made with a machine of this type. y

A further'ob'ect is to provide an improved machine of this character with improved means for regulating the height of the tufts. so that the tufts may be varied in accordance with the character of the goods and the taste of the user.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts as will be more fully hereinafter described and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating my improvements. Fig. 2 is a fragmentary view in longitudinal section, and Fig. 3 is a view in cross section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

1 and 2 represent sliding members having integral handle portions 3 and 4. respectively. Member 1 has two metal straps 5 and 6 respectively secured thereto by rivets 7 and spaced apart. These straps are of such dimension that they provide eflicient guides for member 2, and the handle portion 4 of member 2 is formed with a longi tudinal slot 8 to receive the strap 6 when the parts are in one extreme position as indicated in Fig. 1, and it will be understood that the inner wall of this slot 8 limits the extreme movement indicated. Member 2 is provided on its inner face at one is secured by screws 13. This needle 10 is of channel shape in cross section, and a spring tongue 11 bears at its free end against the inner face of the needle and is confined in the general channel formation of the needle. This spring v11 is movable in a recess 12 in member 1 and at one end-is secured by' a screw 13. The spring has a somewhat. compound curvature so that itmaintains its contact with the needle and serves to compel the members to spread apart when the needle begins a new stroke as is well understood. The needle 10 is pro--' vided with an eye 14 through which the strip or cord is passed and a screw eye 15 is screwed into member 2 and acts as a guide for the tape or cord, and also operates in conjunction with my improved adjustable strip 16 to regulate the movement of the members in opposite directions to control the height or depth of the tuft as will now be explained. The strip 16 is provided with a longitudinal series of openings 17 in any of which a set screw 1-8 may be located and screwed into strap 5 to securely hold the strip 16 at the position of adjustment. One end of the strip 16 is bent back as shown at 19- forming an abutment which engages the screw eye 15 and limits the sliding movement of the parts in one direction. In other words, this abutment 19 strikes the screw eye, 15 and limits the movement of the spring tongue 11 beyond the end of the needle, and it is this movement of the spring tongue which controls the height or depth of the tuft. By n improved mechanism therefore, this height or depth of the tuft can be readily adjusted and gives a variation in design as well as adapting the machme-for various goods.

In operation the cord or strip (not shown) is passed through the screw eye 15 and then two members 1 and 2 are reciprocatedto first plunge the needle throu h the goods v and cause the tongue to hold t e tuft while the needle is withdrawn, the sprin tongue serving to press the needle lateral y a distance sufiicient to guide the same into a new hole when again puncturing the goods.

The device could therefore rapidly. .o erated to form tufts and readily lends itse f to various kinds of work.

Various slight changes mlght be made in the general form and arrangement of parts described without departing from m invention, and hence I do not limit myself to the toys f at libert to make such changes and alterations as airlyfall within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my inventiomwhat n I claim as new "and desire to secure by' Lettors-Patent is: a

1. A turfing machine comprislng two precise details set forth, but consider e a spring tongue secured to the other memher and pressing against the needle, a stop in one member, an eye fixed to one member and operating as a guide for the cord to be positioned through the needle, and a strip adjustably secured to one of said straps and engaged by the eye to limit the movement of the members in one direction, substantially as described.

2. A turfing machine comprising two members having handle portions at one end straps secured to one member and ositioned around the other, the handle portion of the 20 last-mentioned member having a longitudinal slot therein in which one of said straps is movable, a needle secured to one member, a spring tongue securedto the other memher and pressing against the needle, an eye fixed to one member and operating as a uide for the cord to be positioned through tie needle, a strip having a plurality of openings therein, and a screw positioned in any of said openings and screwed into one of the straps holding the strip at various positions of adjustment in the path of movement of the eye, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

omen v NILSSON. Witnesses:

M. E. Drrrus, Class; E. Po rrs. 

